open-market operation


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Open-market operation

Purchase or sale of government securities by the monetary authorities to increase or decrease the domestic money supply.

Open-Market Operations

The buying and selling of U.S. Treasury securities. The Federal Reserve conducts open market operations as a primary way of influencing inflation and economic growth. These securities are sold at certain interest rates as a way of controlling the money supply. See also: FOMC.

open-market operation

an instrument of MONETARY POLICY involving the sale or purchase of government TREASURY BILLS and BONDS as a means of controlling the MONEY SUPPLY. If, for example, the monetary authorities wish to increase the money supply, then they will buy bonds from the general public. The money paid out to the public will increase their bank balances. As money flows into the banking system, the banks’ liquidity is increased, enabling them to increase their lending. This results in the multiple creation of new bank deposits and, hence, an expansion of the money supply.

See BANK-DEPOSIT CREATION, RESERVE ASSET RATIO, FUNDING.

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